John Arthur Grossbeck^ 



William T. Davis 



John Arthur Grossbeck, a Hfe member of this Association, died 

 on the Island of Barbados April 8, 1914. He was born in Pater- 

 son, N. J., February 2, 1883. 



For about seven years he was connected with the New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Station and did much original work on 

 the mosquitos of that state. He was also an authority on the 

 family Geometridae among moths and described a considerable 

 number of species new to science. 



Mr. Grossbeck served as secretary of the Newark Entomolog- 

 ical Society for a number of years, and at the time of his death 

 was librarian of the New York Entomological Society. In Feb- 

 ruary 191 1 he became officially associated with the American 

 Museum of Natural History and soon after moved to Staten 

 Island, where in the picturesque Clove Valley he owned a shingle- 

 covered bungalow. He had not been on Staten Island long enough 

 to add much to the knowledge of its natural history, but in 1913 

 he contibuted to our Proceedings two carefully prepared papers 

 on the late Prof. John B. Smith,^ under whom he served while in 

 New Brunswick, N. J. 



Mr. Grossbeck was not only a good natural history artist, but 

 he had an artistic touch in his arrangement of collections; and by 

 reason of his industry, neatness, and knowledge of insects in gen- 

 eral, was an ideal museum man. He was one with whom people 

 willingly placed specimens, knowing that in his hands they would 

 receive good care, and he inspired this same confidence among his 

 fellow entomologists. 



A more extended account of the life of Mr. Grossbeck, together 

 with a bibliography of his published writings, will appear in a 

 forthcoming number of the Journal of the New York Entomolog- 

 ical Society. 



1 Presented at the meeting of the Association May 16, 1914. 



2 Proc. Staten Is. Assoc. 4: 28-31, 32-54. 



